The Calcutta Weekly Notes May 7 1945

The Red Army in Berlin; the steel ring of the Allies closing in inexorably upon the last frantid Hitlerite resisters;ireports equivocal but arresing from that dubious manufactory of intenational gossip the fair city of Stockholm even the South East Asia Command offering thrills like the capture of Rangoon; the play of wits the pompous poticrpar/Ors of diplomacy and the clash -not too sub [...] Some eighteen mouths ago we referred to the judgments of the Federal Court in the cases of Shibnath Banerjee and others and discussed some of the points arising therefrom but in view of leave having been obtained for appeal to the Privy Council we were constrained as we put it to hold our soul in patience and 150 also our pen." Hearing before the Privy Coucil has now concluded but the ca [...] We are waiting avidly for the full report of wl.at is bound to be considered a decision of historic importance and we apologise to our readers for not venturing on venting our views on the strength of the slender summary of what transpired before the august body of jurists. [...] The first part of the book gives all central legislation the second part the Bombay provincial legislations and the last two parts the wax-time legislation. [...] Where under an agreement to sell immovable property free from encumbrances the vendee retains a portion of the purchase money to pay off an encumbrance on the property sold he acts as the agent of the vendor as regards the disposal of the money retained; and the vendor is entitled to call upon the vendee to account for any portion of the purchase money which by reason of subsequent events is not